Interviews, writings, | Wang Zhenyi Edited by | Yulina
Li Qian likes to drink beer and watch American dramas after filming, starting from the age of 16 when she took over the first play in her life, "The History of Wulin", a habit she maintained for 19 years. When there was no drama appointment, she took her mother to go shopping and watch movies, and Li Qianbao had a rare sobriety and low profile in the entertainment circle of paper drunk fans. She built a "moat" between a slow lifestyle and a rapidly changing world outside.
In her own professional field, Li Qian is fierce. Her 19-year acting career has made her still very young and she is called "old drama bone" by many audiences. The little mud in "The History of Wulin", the pomegranate in "Li Wei as an Official", the small comb in "The Granary of the World", Song Yuzhi in "The Legend of the Double Dragon of the Tang Dynasty", Lu Qing orange in "Dragon Gate Dart Bureau"... Her successful portrayal of a series of characters is deeply imprinted in the minds of the audience. There is even a post called "How to Evaluate Li Qian's Acting Skills" on Zhihu, and many netizens evaluate Li Qian's performance in the film and television works in which she participated, and Li Qian, who is not from a science class, has received unanimous praise.
When Li Qian appeared on the stage of the second season of "I Am an Actor", which can especially test the actor's acting skills, many viewers were both happy and nervous. Happy is that in "I am an actor" such a high standard of actors on the stage, the low-key Li Qian can let more audiences see her strength. Nervous because there are many powerful actors on this stage, in round after round of duels, Li Qian does not know whether she can pass the level and win the final victory.
Li Qian did not disappoint the audience who supported her, on the stage of "I Am an Actor", she won praise through the wonderful interpretation of the four works of "Romantic Things", "Longing", "The Day Of Leaving Lei Feng" and "Return", for Li Qian, the role she played can make the audience like it is a particularly happy thing, and what is more rare is that she has always maintained a sense of awe for performance for 19 years.
Li Qian
"Wild Pie" actor
When the "I Am an Actor" program team docked with Li Qian, Li Qian felt that everything was just right and agreed to participate.
Li Qian has no experience in performing on stage, and Zhang Ruihan, who once played a couple with her in "Dragon Gate Dart Game", believes that the actors who dare to stand on the stage of "I am an actor" are warriors, and for Li Qian, this is a breakthrough and attempt to self-safety zone.
Once Li Qian in order to play the heroine of the movie "One Sentence Top Ten Thousand Sentences" Pang Lina, she went to a textile factory in Henan in advance to work as a female worker for a month, felt the mood of the role when working, chatted with the female worker after work, and approached the character in this way.
In the movie "1942", in order to show the real state of the victims, she hardly ate for a day, and let herself be hungry to starve venus before going to the line, so that the director Feng Xiaogang said: "This role, only Li Qian can play." ”
However, these rich experiences did not help Li Qian much on the stage, and what was even more cruel was that each scene of "I Am an Actor" was only rehearsed for two days, and it was recorded on the third day. To this end, Li Qian deliberately watched the first season of "I Am an Actor" and learned the experience "in disguise". And what motivated her was Zhou Xun's sentence: "The so-called acting skills do not come entirely from colleges and universities, but more from life." ”
When she actually stood on the stage, Li Qian felt that she was completely confused, and then the performance was over. Her first scene on the stage of "I Am an Actor" was to co-star in "Romantic Things" with Li Xiaomeng, Bao Jianfeng and Peng Guanying. The audience and the instructors could feel that as long as they stood on the stage, Li Qian quickly entered the state. In the end, the scene about the loss of the child and the estrangement in the hearts of the husband and wife was recognized. In this scene, Li Qian's performance was very restrained, and later some media asked her whether she acted so restrained and did not worry that the audience could not feel the emotions? Li Qian replied: "I believe that as long as you give your sincere emotions, you are good-looking, and the audience will like it." ”
After the performance, director Lu Chuan asked Li Qian if she had any children, Li Qian said no, and then Lu Chuan gave a high evaluation to Li Qian, "I think the talent on Li Qian is really quite amazing, that is, she does have a kind of 'wild', it is not a class at a glance, but it really comes from a talent and a sense of life, a refinement of emotions, and the ability to express, which is quite powerful, this is a talent." ”
As one of the mentors, Xu Zheng collaborated with Li Qian on "Li Wei As an Official" 18 years ago, and he was very satisfied with Li Qian's performance. He even recalled that when the 16-year-old Li Qian was laughing and playing with the little actor on the set, he "taught" her, telling her to act well, or to go to school, and as a result, Li Qian cried. Later, Li Qian took Xu Zheng's words to motivate herself, when she cried again, it was no longer because of playfulness, but because of tiredness, in 2001, she participated in the "Granary of the World" and "Xiao Eleven Lang" began filming at the same time, she filmed "The Granary of the World" and immediately let the driver send it to the "Xiao Eleven Lang" crew, when she was busy for more than 60 hours without sleep, she could only squint in the car, so that she was so tired that she hid in the bathroom and cried.
Xu Zheng said that this is because Li Qian has strong self-esteem, but Li Qian feels that she is not particularly strong, and Li Qian cares about her mistakes at work, and she has a serious and want to do a good job in her work.
Soon, an even bigger test came.
Li Qian on the stage of "I Am an Actor"
What impresses the audience is a good performance
Li Qian's second scene on the stage of "I Am an Actor" is the classic play "Longing", in which she and Jing Chao play huifang and Husheng in their youth, respectively. The two went from sweet love to fierce quarrels, all in one go.
This scene was once again recognized by Xu Zheng. The mentor Zhang Ziyi put forward a different opinion. Zhang Ziyi pointed out that Li Qian's reaction when performing Liu Huifang's throwing of gifts given to Wang Husheng by others was too fierce, and she believed that Li Qian should not use the throwing performance method to deal with, but to put away these gifts well, because these are to be returned to the other party and exchanged for her daughter. Li Qian still remembers that after listening to Zhang Ziyi's opinion, she repeatedly thought about the treatment of the details in the play at that time.
In the subsequent posting of feelings, Li Qian still couldn't help but cry. She said she was a little guilty and admitted that she could do better. She was particularly grateful to Zhang Ziyi, "People really have a special serious look at your performance, and they are also very serious about making a suggestion for your performance, which I think is a very good thing." ”
In Li Qian's career, there is little criticism from others about acting skills, the most serious one is because she played a villain role was scolded, so that Grandma did not watch this TV series, Grandma hurt her granddaughter, I don't understand why everyone scolded Li Qian, until others told her that Li Qian acted well before being scolded, Grandma was slightly relieved, but told Li Qian not to play a negative role in the future.
Li Qian finally won the approval of Zhang Ziyi, who said to her: "The performance is not divided into classes and non-classes, and what impresses the audience is a good performance." This scene occurred after Li Qian's third performance on the stage of "I Am an Actor", "The Day I Left Lei Feng".
"The Day Of Leaving Lei Feng" starred Li Qian, Tu Yansong and Song Yi, the story tells that in the winter of 1988, Qiao Anshan, played by Tu Yansong, and Qiao Anshan's daughter, played by Song Yi, drove a truck together to pull goods, but on the road met a victim of a car accident escape, Liang Laohan, Qiao Anshan immediately sent Liang Laohan to the hospital, and helped him pay more than 800 yuan in medical expenses, and the operation was very successful. When Liang Xiuqing, the daughter of Liang Laohan, played by Li Qian, rushed to the hospital, when she heard that she had to pay more than two thousand yuan in medical expenses, she immediately changed her face, saying that Qiao Anshan was the perpetrator, and withheld Qiao Anshan's driver's license, and Liang Laohan had to nod his head and admit that it was Qiao Anshan who did it because of his poor family situation. In the end, fortunately, the police arrived in time to return Qiao Anshan's innocence.
In this scene, Li Qian's three shots show her true strength.
In the first shot, Li Qian anxiously trotted into the ward, without saying a word, you can understand the situation of her character and family.
In the second shot, after she learns that she will also have to pay a huge amount of medical expenses, her transformation, her eyes become cold, her expression is sharp and determined, which is a kind of "evil" born of poverty.
The third shot is after learning the truth, although there is a reluctance to expose the lie just made up, it is more because of the guilt of hurting Qiao Anshan's father and daughter because of this lie.
At the end of the performance, the applause on the scene was thunderous.
In this scene, the acting skills of each actor have been greatly released, and the performers, mentors, and audiences are immersed in happiness. "When you complete a complete and beautiful work, the feelings of people offstage and on stage are actually the same, that is, happiness." Li Qian said.
Immersed in happiness has not been long, but the audience feels sorry for Li Qian.
Li Qian stills
Be a warm person
After the third performance, the promotion vote began, and Li Qian was eliminated by two votes. Not only the audience, the mentors also felt that Li Qian was sorry, but the game was a game, and it had its rules.
But the audience found that even if she was eliminated, Li Qian always kept smiling, and later I asked her why she was smiling at that time, Li Qian said bluntly: "At that time, I felt that I did a good job in that performance, I have been immersed in a pleasant state, and I feel no regrets when I was eliminated." ”
Li Qian still remembers that in the time of the resurrection to be elected, everyone discussed the topic that only one can be resurrected, and everyone's expression was very solemn. At that time, What Li Qian thought in her heart was" "I performed very well this time, even if I left this stage, I still had an explanation for myself." ”
What Li Qianwan did not expect was that among the many actors to be selected and resurrected, she was actually resurrected by Zhang Guoguo. Before this, Li Qian and Zhang Guoli did not communicate privately, and Zhang Guoli only came to the program rehearsal room to help everyone rehearse once when she was rehearsing "Romantic Things".
Resurrection means opportunity, and in the end, Li Qian represented Xu Zheng's Spring Bursting Team to continue to compete for the championship, and Li Qian ushered in her fourth play "Return" on the stage of "I Am an Actor". Unfortunately, Li Qian finally stopped the final four.
Obviously, she has been eliminated, and ordinary people will be very sad and sad, but Li Qian's performance is warm. Careful viewers will find that when Wang Yang represented Xu Zheng's spring bursting team in the final four, Wang Yang was sad because he was reluctant to give up everyone. At this time, Li Qian, who was standing next to Wang Yang, took the initiative to comfort him and gently patted his back with her hand. Later, I asked Li Qian if her actions at that time were conscious behaviors. "It was purely a subconscious act, because at that time he was very reluctant to us, and I was also touched by his sincerity and reluctance."
Li Qian eventually left the stage of "I Am an Actor", where she always smiled whether she was given an opinion or eliminated or promoted. She said I just loved to laugh, "I want to be a warm person." In Li Qian's view, everyone has their own particularly comfortable state, but everyone's expression may be different.
Now after the experience of "I am an actor", Li Qian has a sense of familiarity with the stage. Recalling this time, Li Qian did not have the slightest regret but only satisfaction and happiness. On this stage, Li Qian felt that the serious attitude of each performer to the performance was very touching. Li Qian still remembers that when the Spring Bursting Lights Team was just established, Xu Zheng quickly pulled everyone into a group, in order to perform everyone's serious discussion, and helped each other find the best state in the shortest possible time. After the end of the program, everyone continued to discuss professional issues in the group, encouraged each other, as the group leader, Xu Zheng also sent a big red envelope in the group on New Year's Day.
Li Qian played Song Yuzhi in "The Legend of The Double Dragon of the Tang Dynasty"
Thank you for choosing the profession of actor
In an interview with the media in 2013, Li Qian bluntly said that she was upset because of her Lolita face, because she felt that this limited her play path. Now that this melancholy is long gone, Li Qian is more confident in her performance through the shaping of multiple roles on the stage of "I Am an Actor".
Unlike other actors, Li Qian has basically not been anxious in her career for 19 years, she has always kept herself in a comfortable state, and she has handled the work-life relationship very well. When I asked her if there would be a gap in her heart when the actors who had played with her were all on fire? Li Qian's answer is still very "Buddhist", "I think the shooting process is pleasant, it is a very good thing, and the rest will follow the fate." I care more about the happiness in the current stage of shooting or cooperation, and the beauty of getting along with everyone. For Li Qian, red is not red, this matter has to follow fate, but as long as "the audience likes my play and likes the characters I create, this is a very beautiful thing." ”
When I reminded her that she had been practicing art for almost 20 years, Li Qian couldn't help but sigh, "I can be a person who has been doing things for 20 years." For the future, Li Qian said to herself: "It is not easy to insist on 20 years, continue to refuel!" ”
Li Qian also thought about why she was so easy to satisfy, and finally she found that it was because she did not lack love since she was a child, and was protected by the love of her parents since she was a child, "Just because I got enough love when I was a child, it is especially easy to have a sense of happiness when I am older." Even her favorite movies are healing warm films like Cinema Paradiso and Totoro.
Looking back on the past now, Li Qian did not know the day when she really fell in love with acting, but suddenly one day, "I found that I was still quite serious about acting, and I was quite concerned, and I thought that should be liked." ”
At the end of the interview, I asked Li Qian to say a word to herself when she took over the first play of her life at the age of 16, "Thank you for choosing the profession of an actor", Li Qian said firmly.
Photos of Li Qian and the actors of "Dragon Gate Dart Bureau"